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Senator · Senate District 45
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History
- Signed chap.318
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading cal.527
- Substituted for A9560
- Referred to energy
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 55–1
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.470
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- Referred to energy and telecommunications
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Authorizes remote net metering by farm and non-residential customer-generators using micro-hydroelectric generating equipment
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Anthony Brindisi
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S6670
Title of bill
An act to amend the public service law, in relation to remote net energy metering by farm and non-residential customer-generators using micro-hy- droelectric generating equipment
Purpose
This bill would amend portions of the state's net metering law to allow farm operations, customers who own land used in agricultural production and non-residential customers of an electric corporation to generate electricity at one location that is owned or under the control of such customer, and via "remote net metering" apply net metering credit for such electricity generation to meters at other locations of the customer with respect to micro-hydroelectric power.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 redesignates vi and vii of paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 66-j of the public service law as vii and viii.
Section 2 Subdivision 3 of section 66-j of the public service law is amended by adding a new paragraph (f) to allow for remote net metering for micro-hydroelectric generating equipment for farm customers or non- residential customer-generator.
Section 3 Contains the effective date.
Existing law
Current law allows for "remote net metering" for electricity generated by solar, wind or farm waste energy generating equipment owned by farm and non-residential customer-generators.
Justification
New York's current net metering law only allows micro-hydroelectric generating equipment connected to a single meter to receive credit at that single meter. This bill would allow farm operations, customers with land in agricultural production, or non-residential customers to apply credit received for power delivered to the grid to any of the customer's meters rather than only to a single, directly connected meter as long as the meters are located on the customers property within the same utility territory. This legislation brings micro-hydroelectric net metering law in line with both solar, wind and farm waste energy generating equipment owned by farm operations and non-residential customers.
Legislative history
New bill.
Fiscal implications
None to the State.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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